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Back from the dead three times

The British man paralysed from the neck down after diving into a lagoon in the Colombian jungle.

Dan Eley, the British man who was paralysed from the neck down after diving into a lagoon in the Colombian jungle describes coming back from the dead three times.

We also meet the tortoise expert from Senegal who looks after 6,000 of them.

Plus we're joined live by the Kadavu Choir from Fiji.

Image: Dan Eley

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25 minutes

Senegalese tortoise expert Tomas Diagne

Senegalese tortoise expert Tomas Diagne

Tomas Diagne founded the Village des Tortues near Dakar to conserve turtles and tortoises

Image: Tomas Diagne with some Villages des Tortues residents Credit: Rolex Award 2002

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Podcast: Lives Less Ordinary

Podcast: Lives Less Ordinary

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